‘Anabta, Beit Furik, Beit Iba, Tue 24.6.08, Morning
(The shift began with some confusion: 4 observers were assigned by mistake to Huwwara and Beit Furik, instead of to Beit Iba. As a result, we reached Beit Iba late.)
8:00 Beit Furik
Ordinary. About 8 vehicles waiting to enter. They go through, as usual, one by one: one goes out, one enters.
Two inspection stations: one for those going out and one for those entering. But if a large group arrives, the team that inspects those going out is larger. A group of 10-15 arrives and are taken care of efficiently and quite quickly.
9:10 Beit Iba
About 20 people waiting in line to enter. No special problems. At the nearby kiosk Mahmud 'Alan asks us to thank Naomi (Lalo) for helping him and others the previous day at Qalqilya.
9:50 Anabta
Very few vehicles go through. The soldiers check only a small portion of them.
'Anabta CP
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'Anabta CP The checkpoint is located south of the village of 'Anabta, at the intersection of Road 60 (leading to Nablus at the entrance to Area A), with Road (57, 557, 5576) facing west towards the Einav settlement and the checkpoint at the exit from the West Bank - Figs checkpoint. Until 2010 we used to watch the intersection and report the long columns created due to a slow inspection of the vehicles in both directions.
Oct-28-2011Anabta checkpoint 24.10.11
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Beit Furik checkpoint
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One of the three internal checkpoints that closed on the city of Nablus - Beit Furik to the east, Hawara to the south, Beit Iba to the west. The checkpoint is located at the junction of Roads 557 (an apartheid road that was forbidden for Palestinians), leading to the Itamar and Alon Morea settlements and Road 5487. The checkpoint was established in 2001 for pedestrians and vehicles; The opening hours were short and the transition was slow and very problematic.Allegedly, the checkpoint is intended to monitor the movement to and from Nablus of the residents of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan, being the only opening outside their villages. Since May 2009 the checkpoint is open 24 hours a day, the military presence is limited, vehicles can pass through it without inspections, except for random inspections. (Updated April 2010)
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Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.Neta EfroniJun-4-2014Beit-Iba checkpoint 22.04.04
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